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…What
lurks beyond the smoke?
Truth
or Consequences volunteer firemen Wednesday night make their way into a
smoke-filled apartment at 200 Austin Ave. Fire Chief Mike Tooley (at door
on right) and his crew watch as fully equipped fire fighters wade through
the heavy black smoke inside. Tenant Bruce Cassady lost all of his
personal belongings in the blaze that was contained to his apartment,
thanks to the fire department's quick response. No one was home at the
time and Cassady's niece, Gina Ebberts, reports her uncle was at her home
across the street visiting for about an hour and a half before Cassady's
next door neighbor noticed the fire and called for help. Natural gas and
electric service was shut off, causing an inconvenience for even the
tenants in adjoining apartments. The cause of the fire was still under
investigation as of press time Thursday. The family of Bruce Cassady, who
is disabled, said his immediate need is clothing: 32W/36L pants, large
t-shirts, 32-34 underwear, shirt 16. Any donation of items may be dropped
off at Marcella's Quilt Shop, 200 Austin Ave., or at the Desert Journal,
111 N. Date St. Click on photo to see related photo.
Photo by Bill Johnson
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Support for
reopening road
to Tularosa
gains momentum
Desert
Journal Staff Report
Ronald Sullivan’s efforts to re-open the
road from Truth or Consequences to Tularosa is gaining momentum in
southern New Mexico.
The major hurdle, however, is highly
secretive White Sands Missile Range that separates southwestern New Mexico
from the south-central part of the state.
Sullivan, a mechanic with the Sierra
County Road Department who lives in T or C, said economic opportunities
and tourism are sure to increase in southern New Mexico with crossroads
that would shorten travel distance and time by more than half.
The trip from Truth or Consequences to
Tularosa is some 135 miles or two hours and 15minutes average drive time
via Interstate 25 south to Las Cruces and then U.S. Highway 70 to
Alamogordo.
“I’m doing this because our
economy, our businesses and our people are suffering from economic
hardship. Without a crossroads linking west and east, we’re doomed to
continue suffering these hardships,” Sullivan said.
That’s why his movement to open the
road across the highly restrictive WSMR is gaining momentum in southern
New Mexico.
The Village of Hatch, Town of Silver
City, Village of Tularosa and the Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce Board
of Directors have expressed their support for the road opening in the
forms of letters, resolutions and proclamations.
“Ranger Road 6,” as it is called in
the Hatch Board of Trustees resolution passed unanimously Nov. 13,
“would give Southern New Mexico travelers a chance to appreciate the
beauty and history of our area and to also participate in our colorful and
unique fairs, fiestas and festivals.”
Hatch, dubbed the Chile Capital of the World, would benefit by drawing
people from the east to its annual Chile Festival every Labor Day weekend
at the start of September.
“This ‘Scenic Corridor’ would be
beneficial to the economic base of the Village of Hatch and the
surrounding areas,” the Hatch resolution states.
Hatch’s governing body resolves that the road opening effort be pursued
by Sierra County with assistance from the New Mexico Congressional
Delegation, state legislature and the governor.
Likewise, the Silver City Town Council
also on Nov. 13 voted to support Sullivan’s efforts to reopen the
highway from T or C to Tularosa.
“We understand that opening this
scenic route would provide another east-west travel corridor for economic
development opportunities between the two sides of New Mexico,” said
Silver City Mayor Terry Fortenberry in a letter to Sullivan, adding, “We
sincerely hope that your efforts become a reality.”
Earlier, or on Nov. 1, the Ruidoso
Valley Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors expressed its support of the
petition to reopen the road.
“This Board also concurs in the
request to ask the support of the NM Congressional Delegation, the NM
Legislature and the Governor of New Mexico to reopen the Tularosa Road. It
is also agreed that the reopening of the Tularosa Road would provide
another East-West travel corridor for economic development
opportunities,” according to the board’s statement.
With these recent actions finally
coming to fruition, Sullivan said he expects support for the road
reopening to mushroom and explode beyond Sierra, Dona Ana, Grant, Lincoln
and Otero counties.
But getting WSMR and Pentagon officials
to succumb to the wishes of southern New Mexicans and their travel desires
is another matter altogether as past efforts to get the road open died
either for lack of widespread interest or mostly because of the heavy hand
of the federal government.
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…Molly goes to doggy heaven
Molly,
the dog of Teri Satin residing at 609 Poplar St. in Truth or Consequences,
died from smoke inhalation as a result of a fire Monday morning that also
damaged most of Satin’s personal property. In top photo, a volunteer
fireman stoops low to prevent inhalation of the heavy smoke pouring out of
the house. In photo below, a friend comforts Satin, a former Sierra County
Sentinel reporter, in her time of grief.
DJ
Photos by Bill
Johnson
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NM
Attorney General Patricia Madrid
announces
domestic terrorism initiatives
ALBUQUERQUE -
"I
doubt that anyone will ever be the same in the aftermath of the terrorist
attack of Sept. 11. In New Mexico our security concerns are somewhat
unique as we are home to national laboratories, numerous Air Force bases,
as well as WIPP. Sept. 11th has taught us that unimagined
horrors may be visited upon us. It is incumbent upon us to be
prepared," Attorney General Patricia Madrid said Tuesday, Nov. 20, in
announcing her domestic terrorism initiatives for New Mexico.
"I have assigned a special investigator from my
office, who has more than 33 years experience in state and federal law
enforcement and a strong background in domestic and international
terrorism, to serve fulltime on the Joint Terrorism Task Force, which is
headed by the FBI,” she said.
“New Mexico leads many states in that we have had
this task force in place prior to the recent terrorist attacks. Since
Sept. 11 the activity of the task force has increased tremendously,"
Madrid said.
The mission of the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF)
is to gather information necessary to discover any acts of terrorism, both
domestic and international, against any government or private entity in
New Mexico, Madrid said.
The JTTF pulls together resources from numerous
federal departments, including, Justice, Defense, State, Treasury,
Interior, and Transportation as well as numerous state agencies.
Fulltime members of New Mexico's JTTF include: the
FBI, NM Attorney General (Madrid), NM Department of Public Safety, U.S.
Attorney, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S.
Secret Service and U.S. Customs.
In addition to the fulltime participants in the JTTF,
numerous agencies provide part-time support to the task force including
the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office, Immigration and Naturalization,
and the Internal Revenue Service.
"The JTTF concept has proven to be the most
successful way to address antiterrorism investigations through an
interagency approach involving the law enforcement and public safety
community," said FBI Special Agent in Charge Thomas M. Kuker.
“These task forces broaden interagency liaison and
communications, eliminating a duplication of effort, and combine federal,
state and local law enforcement resources in the fight against
terrorism,” Kuker said.
“The counterterrorism successes achieved thus far
by the JTTFs here and across the country are due, in part, to the
promotion of an atmosphere of enhanced coordination or ‘immediate
transparency’ between the FBI and other law enforcement members. The
presence of FBI and other investigators representing various local, state,
and federal agencies on these task forces both encourages and ensures the
timely and continued sharing of valuable intelligence-related information
between the participating agencies," Kuker said.
Attorney General Madrid noted, "While the vast
majority of investigative and prosecutorial work against terrorism is
within the jurisdiction of the federal government, we at the state level
should do all we can to assist these important efforts.”
“I am committing my office in every reasonable way
we can to help out, and I am confident the legislature will help support
us on this," Madrid said.
"I have created a multidisciplinary team within
my office to address the concerns of terrorism within the borders of our
state. I have brought together investigators and attorneys from a number
of divisions including criminal prosecutors and investigators, health care
attorneys, consumer protection attorneys, crime victim's advocate, and an
environmental enforcement investigator.
“This Attorney General’s Office (AGO) internal
team meets regularly to address a wide range of issues related to domestic
terrorism. For example, our Consumer Protection staff is reviewing
activities of questionable charities apparently trying to capitalize on
the Sept. 11 tragedy,” Madrid said.
“This staff is also working with other states and
the federal government to investigate online sales of drugs like Cipro for
anthrax and possible scam artists who sell bogus tests, detectors and
remedies allegedly designed for bio-terrorism,” Madrid said.
“Our Health Care attorneys are addressing legal
issues associated with bio-terrorism preparedness, while the environmental
investigator is concerned with the protection of our water systems and
other issues related to chemical and biological warfare through weapons of
mass destruction," Madrid said.
"We have concluded that New Mexico's Anti
Terrorism Act is in need of updating in this post Sept. 11 environment.
The state statute, for example, does not include biochemical weapons in
the act,” AG Madrid said.
“And an anthrax hoax perpetrated in New Mexico
could not be prosecuted since we currently have no law under which to
bring such a charge. I will therefore be asking the legislature to pass a
limited number of modifications that will bring our Antiterrorism Act up
to date with the current domestic terrorism environment,” she said.
“Among other changes, I will also propose to
increase the penalty for identity theft to the felony level to permit
extradition of suspected offenders," Madrid said.
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The Nine Lives of Cheo
Part 3
By Cheo via Carol Main
Life with my person was mostly good, except
when a wolfhound caught me and I used up all of my fingernails getting
away from him (LIFE #5).
It took a long time for my nails to
grow back in and some of them grew in crooked, so from then on I 'clicked'
when I walked on hard stuff like streets.
Then
we went to the Canadian border where I killed and ate a lot of mice, and
big red squirrels chattered at me through the window, and really BIG
skunks talked to me, but I did not like it that coyotes slept under this
tall house we lived in when the snow was deep, and I did not like that
bear that scratched his back on the corner of the house when the snow went
away. I don't know why my person did not shoot him like I told her to do.
She
shot the bobcat that caught me by the throat (LIFE #6) and blew away its
head, then she pulled its teeth out of my neck and from then on I had this
white spot on my neck and my whiskers were white too.
And
when a mangy hungry wolf was trying to get in the window to eat me she
shot a chunk out of its back and it ran away up the mountain (LIFE #7), so
I don't know why she did not shoot that bear. He really scared me, but she
just laughed.
Then
we went to Missouri where we had some land with a bunch of sneaky
copperhead snakes on it and one almost bit me (LIFE #8) but I killed it
and then I killed a lot more of them and that was fun.
Do you know that copperheads stink at
their head end instead of at their tail end like honest rattlers do? That
is why that first one almost got me, I was set to grab the wrong end.
(Life #9 to be continued.)
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The flag still waves high at the home
of Teri Satin on Poplar Street while smoke fills the air around it Monday
morning. Satin left to do her laundry and when she returned home at about
9 a.m. she found her house engulfed in smoke. She then went to a
neighbor’s to call for help but despite a speedy response by the fire
department, it was too late to save Molly, her dog.
Photo by Bill Johnson
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Correction
In last week’s story about Vicki Rivera taking the
initiative to circulate a recall petition on three Truth or Consequences
city commissioners, we inadvertently gave her a promotion as a former
“assistant city manager” when her correct title was - until recently
when she resigned - administrative assistant to the city manager. In our
opinion, Vicki is boss, or should have been boss for her courage standing
up for righteousness in city government. Amen! P.S. – The petitions are
still available to qualified city voters to sign in our office, or to take
for circulation.
- BJ, editor
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